. Frederick Nester supposedly came to America about 1750, and his first record is a 1754 Berks Co tax list. He lived in Hereford Twp.. The Nesters were Lutheran and Catherine was Catholic. One week prior to his death, Frederick joined the Goshenhoppen Catholic. Church, "so that I may be buried aside of my wife". The name was supposedly pronounced "Neshter" in the early days, which is. supposedly characteristic of the Alemannisch dialect of German, spoken in some parts of Switzerland and southwest Germany.

. His 1782 estate settlement in Berks Co mentions his wife Catherine and "his eldest son Fridrick Nester." There is no proof that. Catherine was the mother of his sons Frederick and Andrew, but Catherine was apparently at least the mother of Catherine, since. she was listed as grandmother of two of Catherine's children in their baptismal records.

. The area of Berks Co in which the early Nesters lived was part of Philadelphia Co, prior to Berks Co being formed in 1752 from. portions of Chester, Lancaster, and Philadelphia Co's. The Ontelaunee region of Philadelphia Co was included into Albany Twp,. and the Manatawny region of Philadelphia Co was included into Colebrookdale Twp. Hereford Twp was formed in 1753 from. Colebrookdale Twp. The Philadelphia Co records may contain some references to this Nester family, but that hasn't yet been thor-. oughly searched.

3 4. Possible unknown Nesters may be the father of a number of Nesters who were in Eastern Pennsylvania and of the right age to. be a son of Frederick, or children of son(s) of Frederick. This category includes Elias Nester, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1753.. On this page for unknown Nesters I've listed all the unidentified early Nesters in the Eastern Pennsylvania area, any of whom. could be related to the Frederick Nester family. This includes three who have a known Berks County connection, namely, Cath-. arine Nester, b ca 1753, who m Jacob Gruss, and Jacob Nester (#R), b 1761, who moved to Randolph Co, Va (WVa), and. Elizabeth Nester, b 1764, who m John (Johannes) Moyer. Many internet sites have listed this Jacob Nester as a son of Frede-. rick, but there is not a shred of evidence for this, which comes from blindly copying a speculative list of Frederick's children. created over 25 years ago. There was also a Conrad Nester, whose estate was mentioned in 1787 in Philadelphia.

. Above was posted at http://mv.ancestry.com/viewer/472ca44c-82b0-4ac5-8bdb-c52ec045fa73/7655072/-146794800. By shnester1, who also posted my entire page above on this site, except for the top of the page with my name and email address.